Now Isn’t the Time to Buy a Wii U

Keep in mind, this isn't a Nintendo is doomed article, just an honest opinion of the current landscape.

Mini Fortress writes:

"When it comes to the Wii U, I’ve been pretty darn quiet. In case the title above didn’t make it obvious, I’m not one of the millions of Wii U owners. Just this morning I was planning to put some cash aside to buy one in the next couple of months, but the day continued, and I changed my mind. Shortly after the announcement of Rayman Legends getting pushed back, something clicked; right now, there really isn’t much about the Wii U that gets me excited."
(Wii U)

Just like every single other console launch, there's always that dry spell that happens some months after launch. Don't worry, it'll pick up, just like the 3DS and PS3 did. I know I'll be picking up one later this year, same with the Vita.

There are 2 scenarios: 1-WiiU won't be around for more than 3 years. 2-WiiU won't sell more than 25-30 millions of pieces in a 5-6 years lifetime.

Anyway, Western third party devs are overall annoyed with Nintendo since it's the Fourth time that Nintendo screws with them, N64, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU; so I expected less support for an eventual new Nintendo system.

If that Monolith title stays exclusive I'll probably get a WiiU on its release. I'm very interested in Monster Hunter too but it is a remake so it's not such a big deal. New IPs that are WiiU EXCLUSIVE are the only things that could push me to purchase one. Hopefully they come sooner than later as I'm definitely getting a PS4 day 1, no matter the cost, launch titles etc. I've never bought a launch day system, so I'm excited about that.

Yeah, I'm a die-hard Nintendo fan, and it's too dry for me to buy one yet. I'll probably get one next month sometime. I want to play ME3 again. I've been wanting to play Darksiders 2. ZombiU sounds like it's getting a patch.

You really should always wait a few months before purchasing a new product. There's always going to be a few kinks and bugs to work through when releasing hardware.

Who wants to download/update for 2 hours right when you turn on your system?...

good question . . i "capt" the word afford because the person who wrote the article thinks we are all poor . i was being a bit sarcastic. and you know, when one can afford something, he aint spending/wasting his money, more like trading goods/value exchange . PLUS . since it's a wiiU we talking about, it would be wierd to call it a waste of money anyway.

and yep . you should buy Super Mario 3D land for the 3DS, that shit is witch-craft, and challenging . . then there's CastleVania? . tss my oh my

Who gets a Nintendo system for 3rd party games? And why would you pay more than asking price for any system -__- could have maybe waited a year when there's actually some decent exclusives don't you think?..and it would've been cheaper on top of that.

Personally I am in no rush to buy a WiiU atm. I will someday, but I have a lot of games to go through in the meantime. Like many I'm waiting for a major IP to come out for it, either Metroid or "X". Since Rayman is out of the question, you basically get Pikmin 3 or The Wonderful 100 as important exclusive titles before Fall (no diss to Lego City Undercover). Who knows, maybe there will be a special bundle later in the year (maybe even Rayman).

All I know is that Nintendo is putting some muscle behind it in the future, so I know they will deliver. Hopefully we will get some good news before E3

The Wii U is a cool concept but it just needs software. Nintendo have games coming for it, sure, but third party support is heavily needed right now for people to pick up the system. Ports of year old games just doesn't work anymore. We also need new IP from both Nintendo and third party companies which use the Wii U Gamepad's functionality. The hardware/controller is there. It just needs to be publicized to both developers and consumers.